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BENG VOWELS AND CONSONANTS IN COMBINATION
by Patrick C. Ryan
6/5/97
STRESS-ACCENTED VOWEL MODIFICATIONS
PL A = a, 1, 6, 8, 12, 13, 19, 48; PL "A-$E -> á, 5, 17; PL "?A-$E -> E (<-e:y), 9, 28 (actual
É); Éq -> ÉNq (28) [nasal assimilation?]; PL -A-$E-"$A -> i (<-eya), 53; PL A-"$A -> i (<-
*ay), 16; PL A-"?A -> a, 47; PL A-"?A-$E -> í, A37; PL "A-?E -> i (<- *ae), 26; PL "A-FA
-> O (<- *av), 25; PL "A-F[H]A -> O (<- *af), 27; PL A-"HHA -> wa, 33; "waf -> u, 33;
PL A-"N[H]A-$E -> iN, 35
PL E = e, 2, 4, 11; PL E = é, A7; PL "E-$E -> E [actual É] (<-e(:)y), 20, 29; PL -E-"$A -> i (<- *ey), 15; -> E (<-e:(:)y), 38 [actual É], 52; PL -"E-$A -> i (<- *ey), 20; PL -"E-?A -> a (<- *ya?), 36; PL "E-F[H]A -> O [actual Ò] (<- *ef), 7; PL "E-FA -> O (<- *ev), 51; PL "E-$E -> é, 40, 44
PL O = o, 18; PL "O-$E -> E [actual É] (<-e(:)y), 21; PL -O-"$A - í (<- *oy), 3; PL "O-FA-> u, 34; PL "O-F[H]A -> O (<- *of), 22 [actual O\], 30 [actual Ò]; -> o (<- *of), 32 [actual o\], 34 [actual 0]
STRESS-UNACCENTED VOWEL MODIFICATIONS
PL A-"?A -> (0)a, 47; PL A-"FA -> a, 57 [actual a\]; -> o, 62; PL A-"N[H]A -> aN, 37; PL
A-"N[H]A-F[H]A -> ON, 43
PL E -> 0, 9, 14, 27, 38, 50; PL E -> a, 11, 12; PL -E-"F[H]A -> O (<- e"fa), 14, 17 (actual Ò),
39
PL O -> 0, 15, 16, 18, 27, 36, 48; PL O -> a, 1, 13 ; PL -"O-?A -> o:, 10; o:v -> o\, 10; PL [?]O-FA-"$E -> Ó, 42; PL O-"HHE-HHE -> iE (<-yei <- a"yey), 41
ANOMALOUS
PL -N[H]A -> N(0), 6, 8, 22
PL -O-"N[H]A -> aN, 48
PL A-NA-K[?]XA-"FA -> àq (<-ang"va), 46
PL Q[H]E-"$E-N[H]A -> ñíl-é, 63; the ñ has apparently inhibited the n[h] from becoming the vocalic nasal N, and it has simply been de-nasalized to /l/ and combined with the l which represents the reflex of PL R/R[H]E, make/come (the source of the ubiquitous final -3 in Egyptian). The final high tone of é is probably related to this unusual phonetic result.
PL Q[H]A-"N[H]A-$E -> ñál-é, 64; see above
PL Q[H]A-N[H]A-$A -> ñi-le, 67; see above
PL QO-HHO-F[H]A-"RO -> qwau-lé, 69; here, the l of the reflex of RO has coalesced with the l from R[H]E.
PL "PF[H]O-$E-N[H]A -> pE-le, 74; see above
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